Payment of Nursing allowance during Maternity, Child Care Leave, etc.: Clarification by EC Railway

Payment of Nursing allowance during Maternity, Child Care Leave, etc.: Clarification by EC Railway dated 23.08.2024

EAST COAST RAILWAY
Headquarters Office, Personnel Department, Rail Sadan,
South Block Bhubaneswar-751017

No. ECoR-HQ/PERS(R)/ Allowance/ 9/2021 (82/2024)

Date:23.08.2024

To

The Senior Divisional Personnel Officer,
KUR, SBP, WAT, WPO/CRW/MCS,
East Coast Railway.

Sub: Payment of Nursing allowance during Maternity, Child Care Leave, etc.

As per GM (Vigilance)/BBS’s Advisory No-2024/02, dated 02.01.2024, payment of Nursing allowance during Maternity, Child Care Leave, etc. has been examined with reference to Rule-551, Rule-S51(E) of IREC Vol-I, circulated in RBE No.64/2019 and RBE No. 166/2017. It is noticed that the aforementioned guidelines are silent on the above mentioned subject. Besides, Govt. of India, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi’s Office Memorandum dated 19.07.2018 regarding the subject above has not been circulated by Railway Board.

In view of the above, since the Railway Board has not circulated for implementation of the Ministry of Finance’s aforesaid Memorandum, in order to avoid ambiguity and over payment, it has been decided by the Competent authority not to pay Nursing Allowance to Nursing personnel during Maternity, Child Care Leave, etc. till receipt of further guidelines from Railway Board. The above instructions should be followed scrupulously.

This is issued with the approval of CPO (G)/ECoR/BBS.

Sd/-
(Penta Radhakrishna)
Assistant Personnel Officer (HQ)
For Principal Chief Personnel Officer